The Opole-based company Alcor has developed a technology for active protection of soils and plants against the harmful effects of road salt. The ODSALAX system can eliminate even more than 2 kg of salt from 1 tree in the winter season. The technology has been already patented.

The ODSALAX system focuses on the safe and effective protection of green areas along the streets and roads, pavements and squares against the toxic effects of road salt used for winter de-icing of roads. The company developed desalination mats as part of a project co-financed by the European Union under the Intelligent Development Program 2014-2020.

The complete product consists of protective mats filled with an absorber, which together form a modern and ecological system for active protection of urban green area. The absorber is 100 percent natural and completely biodegradable, thanks to which no harmful waste is generated. After the winter, the desalinated absorber can be used as mulching litter.